BOBT12,

Thank you for your response. Your defense of others is very heartwarming and seems to be genuinely sincere. It is through such dialect that we progress the most.

In answer to your statements:

I am a carpenter currently living in Brookfield, Illinois. I was born in Illinois to Catholic parents. I was raised by both my parents in our home until I reached the age of 18 and then I ventured into the world. During my upbringing I had perceived the inconsistencies associated with Catholicism and floundered in the other religions until I discovered the Grace message, where I abide to this moment.

I'm a divorced father of 8 yrs. and have three daughters in their teens. It was due to our excesses (my ex's and mine) and our ever increasing debt and tax burdens that contributed to my insistance in a conversion of our livelyhood. It is because of my faith and my attempts to bring my daughters to salvation that caused the rift in my marriage. They were being brought up on Santa Claus & the Easter Bunny and when I tried to implement the change “all (censored) broke loose”. I found out “who” & “what” my ex truly loved. Typical “American family” fallacy and breakdown. Nothing new here.

That's who I was, and this is who I am. My friends and I have begun H.O.P.E. Resources. We are not commercial in any way, shape or form. We just “are”. And what we are, is body of believers attempting to expand The Truth. Not mans' truth, but The Lords' “Truth”. One of the methods or tools available to do so is through exposing the lies that have led to the detriment of, not only my own but many other, families and individuals. This is what we do. This involves others and our responsibility to them.

Now, this is where it is either going to be informative for you, or redundant. Either way, it needs to be said. We are instructed to use every available means to get the Truth out, and if anyone refuses to accept the words or even the method of bringing it to them, then we are instructed to leave them alone and continue on elsewhere. We are not to waste our time and words on deaf ears. If they are incapable of seeing The Light, then that is for them to deal with in the future. Hence, going to “quataloos” with 150 posts would avail nothing. I've already been there and find them ignorant in many ways. Blind leading the blind.

As far as setting traps, I don't “trap”, I “fish”. Succinctly, “phishing” works too. Hook 'em any way you can. Read ICorinthians 9:19-27.

Emailing isn't going to do you any harm. You can go to the library, set up a temporary Yahoo account and use it until you no longer need it. Better yet, go to ecclesia.org/truth/assembly.html and under their Miscellaneous heading you will find an article entitled “Don't Get Caught In Caesar's Web” by Richard Anthony, this will give you ways to set up alternate ISP's, URL's and emails. I'm not that technologically savvy, but one of ours' is looking into this. If you can shed some light on this, that would help tremendously.

Beside all of this, we have to ask ourselves if we are truly in any danger. Yes it helps to be cautious, but what are we really in any danger of? Being attacked by the IRS bogeyman?! Gimme a break! They wouldn't know what to do with you if they did manage to get their hands on you. Even so, don't we possess the knowledge and support to effect our release? C'mon! What's the worst they can do? Kill ya? Doesn't that just make your next moment your best moment? Don't get me wrong, I'm not condoning suicide, but hey, somebody's got to do something sometime.

Anyway, as far as “doing what Bing says”, no thanks, I've gone that route before. I think I'll stick with my “Instructor” unless he comes up with a better solution and asks real kindly. For you see, we don't make demands on our friends, we ask permission until we have been given permission to lead. If I'm not mistaken, I believe he asked for Author #2' permission to “block” me and I don't recall seeing his name in the list of authorities for this site. I'm not attacking Bing or anyone else for that matter, It's just an admonishment and we all know that those don't do any harm.

Grace and peace,

Lambskin